Health & Wellness
FireRescue1’s Health and Wellness resource center provides practical, evidence-informed guidance to support physical fitness, mental health and long-term career resilience. Coverage includes injury prevention, nutrition, sleep, stress management, cancer awareness and behavioral health to help fire service professionals remain healthy, capable and mission-ready on and off duty.
While performing ground operations, one firefighter sustained a minor injury and was taken to the hospital for evaluation
FITNESS IN FOCUS
More patients will be eligible for the $4.3 billion fund set up to treat and compensate people exposed to the WTC building materials
A faulty water heater pumped 10 times the normal amount of carbon monoxide into the mall
Air pollution from wildfires is so high that fire crews are being swapped out every 14 days
Volunteering will take everything you offer and more, which is why controlling burnout is critical to keeping firefighters engaged
The two-year battle has been further complicated by labor board appointments
Doctors are pleased with the progress of the 15-year veteran who collapsed at a 3-alarm fire
Fire chief felt obligated to put money back for the next firefighters
Details are slow to emerge in the death of a N.H. fire chief
A worldwide search has failed to find a bone-marrow match for the 8 year old
Firefighter Frank Ryan fell unconscious while fighting the fire and is now in critical condition
COMPLETE COVERAGE
More than 100 cops, firefighters and other city workers faked mental disabilities in order get tens of thousands of dollars in Social Security benefits
Preliminary reports show 101 firefighters lost their lives on-duty last year
William “Billy” Trapnell IV died unexpectedly as a result of a medical emergency while on-duty as a paramedic
All four firefighters suffered burns, but none of the injuries are considered life-threatening
Doctors say they are optimistic that Capt. Lacey will suffer no long-term neurological damage
Capt. Mark Lacey, a 20-year veteran, is in the coronary vascular intensive care unit after suffering a heart attack while fighting a house fire
Fire Chief Alan Oakley, 48, was stabbed to death on Saturday and his wife and two other women were arrested for planning and carrying out the killing
One firefighter was treated and released and another still remains in the hospital
The firefighter was treated at a hospital after suffering bruises and contusions
The firefighter allegedly told an undercover officer that he wanted his wife killed, because she was planning on leaving him and moving to Delaware with their children
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